Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD
Siddhartha Mukherjee is editor-at-large at Tonic.Mukherjee is the author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction, 2016's The Gene, and The Laws of Medicine. Mukherjee is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a cancer physician and researcher. TwitterFacebook
The Woman Who Saw Dragonlike Faces
What doctors like me can learn from patients' most bizarre symptoms.
When a Single Choice Is Life or Death for Your Patient
A doctor is faced with a devastating decision.
The Cat Who Could Predict Death
Over several years, Oscar the cat had curled up next to 50 patients. Every one of them died shortly thereafter. How could doctors reproduce this ability?
Now That We Can Alter Our Genetic Code, Should We?
Facing a breast-cancer survivor, a doctor grapples with the implications of new gene-editing recommendations.
Now That We Can Alter Our Genetic Code, Should We?
Facing a breast-cancer survivor, a doctor grapples with the implications of new gene-editing recommendations.